Snacks

Garlic Coriander Triangle Parathas or fried Indian bread

There are loads of Indian breads such as rotis, naans, parathas, puris etc. which are served with curries. Some of…

1 April 2010

Gathia: Lamba, fafda or Pata Gathia (ganthia)

 Gathia (often called ganthia), especially lamba (meaning long) or pata (meaning chunky) gathia and Jelebi are a traditional Sunday breakfast…

30 March 2010

Traditional Ondhwa or handvoh Spicy Lentil Cake

What is Ondhwa or Hanvo? Ondhwa is a savoury lentil cake.  It's one of those dishes all East Africans love…

21 March 2010

Mixed vegetable bhajias or pakoras using bread

Most families tend to buy a variety of bread whist shopping and find that it either starts to go stale …

20 March 2010

Quick and Easy Bateta Makai Pawa

Bateta Pawa is a dish often served in India as a breakfast dish in Gujarati homes. I usually make them…

18 March 2010

Farsi puris (crispy puris)

Another version of puris/pooris Farsi Puri  is a type of an Indian bread from the puri family and they taste…

29 January 2010

Gujarati traditional Bajra Raab (Millet raab)

  I wrote this traditional Gujarati recipe about 18 months ago and later found out that some person had plagiarized…

7 January 2010